REVIEW: Over the Rhine @ Aladdin (Portland, OR – 11/17/10)

I went into a little history about Over the Rhine on my 11/15 WOW Hall show blog (link). This Aladdin show was OTR Show #52 for me. Yep… I’m OCD, I love music, and I’ve had far too many opportunities to see this wonderful band. I’m fortunate. Since I blathered on in the blog from two days ago… I’ll jump right into it…

Lucy Wainwright Roche did a similar set… no discussion of the car break-in clean-up, but she’s quite the humorist. I found myself humming along to some of her tunes, as if they were long lost friends. I only first heard her music two days prior… so I guess that’s a testament to her craft.

Over the Rhine played a fairly similar set, with a few things swapped around and the addition of “The Trumpet Child” and “Ohio.” They nixed the instrumental, but the additional tunes made up for it in my book. Lots of stuff from The Long Surrender. The album is really growing on me. I’m looking forward to the lush vinyl that will hit my mailbox sometime in early 2011.

Setlist: about 75 mins

The Laugh Of Recognition

I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time

Trouble (horny & inebriated mix)

“The Bluebird” by Charles Bukowski [poetry reading by Karin]

There’s A Bluebird In My Heart

Rave On

Undamned

I Want You To Be My Love

Oh Yeah By The Way

I’m On A Roll (to be covered by The Judds on their next record)

The King Knows How

Drunkard’s Prayer

Only God Can Save Us Now

The Trumpet Child

Days Like This [Kim Taylor song]

All My Favorite People

Encore: Ohio [Karin solo on piano]

Infamous Love Song

No Kill Shelter

Once again, Over the Rhine deliver a beautiful evening. Thanks for stopping by Karin, Linford, Nick & Lucy! Have fun in Seattle!

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